I'll make a distinction in terms of projects that are about better connecting the electricity grids across Canada, west to east, which is absolutely essential. We have far better connections north to south in Canada than we do across the country. We need to have those connections east to west in order to balance the clean energy resources that we have across the country and serve those parts of the country that might not have those resources.
I actually had the experience of cutting my teeth in Nova Scotia as the Muskrat Falls project was being developed. That's where I met Ms. Miedema.
I slipped into using your first name earlier—my apologies. It's because we have our history, Madam Chair.
I realized at that point that the interconnection and clean electricity that the Muskrat Falls project would provide was essential to helping get that part of the country into a clean electricity scenario, as long as the project was undertaken with certain considerations in place.
There are other questions to be asked about the further developments of that project. Hydroelectricity has significant environmental implications and significant implications for the communities that surround those projects. Again, this is another area where some very robust conversation is needed among governments, workers and communities, to think about what projects are required to take us into that clean energy future and to grow our clean electricity grids.